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0. E. PATTERSON.

APPARATUS FOR OUT'TING'BOGS.

No. 359,641. Patented Mar. 15, 1887.

UNITED STAT S PATENT Fine.

APPARATUS FOR CUTTING BOGS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,541, dated March 15, 1887.

I Application filed January 31, 1887. Serial No. 225,977. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. Pa'r'rna sort, of the city of Brooklyn,county of Kings, and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful'lmprovenlents in Apparatus for Cutting Bogs, of which the following is a specification, rel'erencebeing made to the accom' panyi'ng drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to apparatus for cutting bogs,which frequently grow in fields that lie in low lands; and it consists in a new and improved construction of such apparatus, whereby its cost is considerablyreduced and its operation rendered very effective.

I will describe an apparatus embodying my invention, and afterward point out the novel features in the claim.

g In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofa portion of the same. Fig.3 is a transversesection through the line x x of the portion shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4. is a transverse section taken on the line y y, Fig. 2, of one of' the cutters.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A A designate knives or cutters, made of long thin strips of sheet-steel arranged in V- shape form and having their inner edges bev- V eled for cutting. and having their outer edges provided with stiffening-bars B 13, extending along the entire length of said cutters. These bars B B are rigidly secured to the cutters by means of rivets or other suitable means. The front ends of the cutters are bent upwardly, and their outer edges are curved inwardly to form approximately a point. The rear ends of the cntters are united by a plate, 0, resting on and secured to the bars B B and cutters A A by screws D D, each of which passes through and secures the lapped ends of both cutters. An extension, 0, of the plate 0 fills the angular space between the bars B B, and thus serves to lock the cutters firmly in position.

E is a screw placed as near as practicable to the point of-intersection of'the cutting-edges of the cutters A A, and serves tohold that portion closely together.

It will be seen by the foregoing construction that the cutters can be readily detached to facilitate their sharpening, when required.

The sides of the front portion of the plate 0 curve inwardly, and are beveled to'form a narrow edge to allow the bogs to'pass freely from the cutters after having been cut. Rearward of the plate 0 is an upward extension, 0, to which the handles F F are secured by bolts or other suitable means. This extension 0 is provided with flanges 0 C to embrace the sides of the central piece of the handles and hold the latter firmly in position.

llhe handles F F may be of wood and of any suitable construction. As here shown they consist of two handle-pieces with a central piece, F, the whole being secured together by a bolt, F and a brace, F.

G is a ball or yoke of semicircular-form,and sufficiently high to pass over bogs, and is se cured to the bars B B by screws.

H is a draw-bar clipped firmly to the bail G, and it extends rearward,wher'e itis secured to the central piece, F, of the handles F F,

dles to turn the said points ofthe cutters either to the right or left and avoid bogs that may be in their path, and so guide through or be- CLARENCE n. PATTERSON.

\Vitnesses:

PHILIP J. OREILLY, CHARLES PATTERSON. 

